Peace building
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Since its establishment HCA Vanadzor has been actively enrolled in various activities in the field of peacebuilding, accentuating the principle that peaceful resolution of conflicts cannot have an alternative. The organization has always aimed to carry out activities directed at the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict by involving the conflict victims and representatives of conflicting societies.
There still exist a series of problems related to victims of the conflict, such as missing persons and their families, former prisoners of war and their families, refugees, and internally displaced people, the solutions of which have not been found yet, and which are to be included in the activities of peace-building, also including the issue of development of cooperation and mutual trust between the representatives of societies in conflict.
A number of issues related to the conflict victims, including missing persons and their families, former prisoners of war and their families, refugees, and internally displaced people remain unresolved on the agenda of peace-building activities, as well as the issue of developing cooperation and mutual trust between the representatives of conflicting societies. Development of civil control over the armed forces and increase of its efficiency, growth in accountability of defense departments and promotion of transparency constitute the main components of peacebuilding activities implemented by HCA Vanadzor.
Related events
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HCA Vanadzor has joined the information campaign organized within the framework of the International Day against Fascism and Antisemitism
November 9, 2017
On the initiative of UNITED, the European Network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants, refugees and minorities, since 1992 November 9th has been marked as the International Day against Fascism and Antisemitism.
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The Fight against Fascism
November 9, 2017
This year’s International Day against Fascism and Antisemitsm is once more taking place on November 9th, commemorating the “Kristallnacht” pogrom of 1938, which marked the beginning of the world’s largest genocide, later known as the Holocaust. It was on November 9th, 1938 that the fascist Nazi Party initiated the systematic eradication of Jewish people by destroying their homes and belongings as well as setting synagogues on fire, injuring and killing many Jews in the process. -
‘Training Laboratory: Designing Learning for Peace’ peace-building training series launched
October 9, 2017
As a result of cooperation with Germany-based European Intercultural Forum and Georgia-based Academy for Peace and Development, a next-in-time peace-building training was organized within ‘Training Laboratory: Designing Learning for Peace’ program and is currently in progress. The program started in August 2017 and will be carried out by March 2018. -
One Piece of Peace Please
September 21, 2017
This year’s theme of the International Day of Peace is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All” so we, the Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly – Vanadzor, would like to invite every single person to join us in the progress towards building a Culture of Peace. -
STATEMENT: RUSSIAN FEDERATION SHOULD STOP SUPPLY OF ARMS TO KARABAKH CONFLICT ZONE
September 11, 2017
In case of failure to take steps in the abovementioned directions, we consider that the OSCE should discuss the termination of Russia’s participation in the OSCE Minsk Group. -
HCA Vanadzor’s response to the reaction of RA MoD Spokesman
October 13, 2016
In his response to HCA Vanadzor Reference on Death Cases in Armed Forces in January-September 2016, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, RA Defense Ministry Spokesman, provided some judgments on which we consider it necessary to provide our response. -
Peace through Education
April 26, 2016
On April 10-18, 2016, Georgia hosted the first training workshop of “Education for Peace – Competences for Peace Education in the Youth Field” educational project attended by 3 representatives from each of the countries below: European countries: Great Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Latvia, Ukraine, and 3 South Caucasus countries: Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. -
Good news for the relatives of 9 servicemen deemed missing by their parents
April 13, 2016
Relatives of 10 soldiers applied to HCA Vanadzor in the recent days stating that they had no news from their sons after April 2 military hostilities. Today addressing this fact, RA MoD press secretary Artsrun Hovhannisyan stated that some soldiers cannot and also must not contact their family members these days via mobile phones. -
The information regarding the fate and location of the majority of missing persons has been verified, however, data on the fate and location of only one of them is still unknown
April 13, 2016
HCA Vanadzor continues compiling information on missing persons and those killed as a result of military hostilities on the night of April 1, 2016. -
Anonymous feminists: “They make money through our dead bodies”
April 12, 2016We believe that this patriarchal act of war can be stopped by the collective action and demand for institutional demilitarization and end of state oppression across the region, rise of our grassroots movements for justice and peace through the non-violence civil disobedience and public critical consciousness informed by intersectional solidarity and radical feminist thought with the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia and Azerbaijan at the center of our hearts and agenda.
